7.45 follow-up (#99)

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* 7.45 follow-up
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0,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_00","You have no one but yourself or the kami to blame for what comes if you talk to Nashu Mhakaracca."
1,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_01","Not content to remain idle, Nashu Mhakaracca has been aggressively pursuing any and all leads regarding the Kugane Wolf Burglar. From the various eyewitness accounts, she has managed to create a composite sketch of the infamous thief...though whether or not it will prove useful remains to be seen. In any event, you both decide it may be worthwhile to make renewed inquiries of Kugane's wealthy and powerful."
2,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_02","The burglar's reputation has only grown since last you spoke with the citizenry, and it is plain that he is growing bolder and bolder by the day. Despite this, the Sekiseigumi still has no leads─and neither do you..."
3,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_03","While conversing with Nashu you run into Shigure once more─or rather, Shigure runs into a certain cheese-loving Lalafell, who quickly flees before Nashu can take notice. It would seem that he too is still in pursuit of the Wolf Burglar, and informs you of an impending private auction he is bound for that he suspects may be the thief's next target. Nashu quickly insists that you join, and so the three of you head towards Kogane Dori."
4,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_04","The auction is an intimate affair, attended by a handful of Kugane's most wealthy individuals─Master Akebono among them. He purchases the first item up for bid, which is described by the auctioneer as a legendary “ratman,” but which you and Nashu recognize at once to be an Eorzean Qiqirn. After the hapless beastman is shuffled away, the next item up for bid is brought on stage: <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis>, which the auctioneer claims to be a triumph of Western sculpture, but which is plainly Inspector Hildibrand, somehow frozen in time. Once more Master Akebono is prepared to take on all comers, but before the sale can be finalized, the auction erupts into chaos when a bomb explodes and fills the area with smoke. When it clears, <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis> is nowhere to be seen. An all-too-familiar note reveals that the Wolf Burglar has struck again, and Master Akebono urges you to give chase, for he glimpsed the thief running towards the Short Pier."
5,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_05","Fortunately, the Wolf Burglar's brazen crime has attracted more attention than usual. 'Tis a rare thing indeed, a Lupin carrying a hideous statue on his back, and the captain Shigure questions at the pier will not soon forget the sight. Apparently the thief boarded a boat and set forth for the Ruby Price, and so the chase continues."
6,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_06","Alas, with the recent liberation of Doma and the withdrawal of Garlean forces, the Ruby Price has seen increased traffic, and the watchmen there have been instructed to give departing vessels only a cursory glance if they are especially small. But surely someone else in the Ruby Sea will have noted the Wolf Burglar's skiff?"
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24,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_00","Question the wealthy and powerful of Kugane."
25,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_01","Speak with Nashu."
26,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_02","Speak with Shigure."
27,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_03","Search for Shigure."
28,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_04","Accompany Shigure to the Ruby Sea."
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48,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_000","Well, well, well! If it isn't <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed! Have I got news for you!"
49,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_001","So I've been asking after that Wolf Burglar fellow─the one that left that cheeky note claiming credit, you remember? And it seems he's not quite as sneaky as he thinks he is!"
50,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_002","Oh, he's robbed plenty of rich merchants blind, I'll grant you that. No doubting it was him either─never fails to leave a calling card, this one. Too proud to leave people wondering for even a moment."
51,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_003","But folks've laid eyes on him more than a few times! In fact, after talking to all the eyewitnesses, I had enough information to try and sketch a picture of the devil himself!"
52,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_100_003","Not bad for a self-trained artiste, wouldn't you say?"
53,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_Q1_000_004","What will you say?"
54,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_005","Maybe leave the art to the professional artistes."
55,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A2_000_006","Don't see how this helps us, honestly."
56,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A3_000_007","..."
57,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_008","Hmm... Not hearing a lot of support for the sketch. Right, then. Back to the drawing board─the metaphorical one, that is."
58,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_009","Let's you and me seek out and question the rich and famous─the sort of folks the burglar's been targeting─and see if we can't learn something new."
59,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_010","I'll head to Kogane Dori, and you can check out the teahouse and the hostelry."
60,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_015","What's a wealthy merchant in the Far East look like anyway? Hmm...something like Lord Godbert, but more...Hingan, maybe?"
61,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_020","I say! The Kugane Wolf Burglar? Must you sully my ears with that rapscallion's name as I attempt to take a moment to relax and take in the fresh air? Bah, it's no use─the moment is ruined!"
62,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_021","I too fell victim to the wolf's villainy, like so many others. Oh, if you had seen the vase before he took it... Gah! If there was any justice in this world, he would be paraded through the streets and boiled alive in Tenkonto!"
63,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_022","Ah, that infamous thief? I know of him. For a mercy, he has not seen fit to trouble those of lesser means like me and my associates."
64,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_023","Perhaps you thought me wealthy because I patronize the teahouse? On the contrary, this is my sole indulgence. Were I a stronger man, I would forgo it, but alas...the heart will not be denied."
65,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_024","Too long it has been since I shared a pipe with an ijin! How fortunate I─ Hm? You've no desire for a smoke, only talk of the Wolf Burglar? I see..."
66,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_025","I have no personal experience on which to draw, so I doubt I can be of much assistance. What I know is known to all. But if you insist... He is a “lone wolf” without comrades, and despite their best efforts, the Sekiseigumi has no leads."
67,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_026","Some say this has emboldened the man. Each theft is more brazen than the last. He has even been witnessed practicing his trade in broad daylight, if you can believe it..."
68,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_027","That is the extent of my knowledge. Now, if you will not favor me with tales of your own, I ask that you leave me to my pipe. It is far less demanding company."
69,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_030","<Emphasis>Some</Emphasis> people say that cruel and unusual punishments don't deter the criminal element in the slightest. If you ask me, <Emphasis>some</Emphasis> have no appreciation for a public boiling."
70,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_031","As I told you before, I doubt I need fear a visit from the Wolf Burglar. Despite appearances, my fortune is quite modest."
71,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_032","He is a “lone wolf,” this burglar, and quite brazen in his recent thefts. I can tell you no more of value, even if you were to accept my invitation to share a pipe."
72,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_040","Ah, here you are! Dig up any interesting tidbits?"
73,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_041","So he's getting bolder by the day, is he? Well! If there's anything I've learned from following the inspector around, it's that overconfidence is liable to get you smacked upside the head by your mum and her magic frying pan!"
74,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_042","That said, we'd have a better chance of catching this wolf if we knew who he was eyeing next..."
75,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_OKKAKE_000_043","(-???-)Gah!"
76,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_044","A thousand pardons, young sir! I did not mean to trample you underfoot. Are you all right?"
77,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_045","Hey, aren't you the samurai I bumped into the other day? Shiggy-something, was it?"
78,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_046","Oh! We meet again, my lady! I say, you must think me in the habit of trampling my fellow pedestrians. Let me assure you nothing could be further from the truth. I was simply preoccupied with thoughts of my investigation..."
79,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_047","That's right─you were after the Wolf Burglar too! Got any leads?"
80,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_048","As a matter of fact, I do! I but recently learned of a private auction in which many foreign wares are to be featured."
81,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_049","While such auctions are not uncommon in Kugane, it has been some time since the wolf last struck, and there are rumors that this auction may include “particularly extraordinary” items..."
82,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_050","Much as I would love to converse with you at great length, I really must be going. Until we meet again!"
83,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_051","Wait, Mister Shiggy, sir! Can we come too?"
84,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_052","To the auction? If you like, but I very much doubt you will be able to afford any of the items to be sold..."
85,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_053","Oh, don't you worry about that! <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> here's got enough money to buy and sell you a thousand times over!"
86,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_054","Er... Yes, very good! Then by all means, come with me!"
87,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_060","This venue has been reserved for the private auction. The guests should be arriving any moment now..."
88,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_061","I remember you! Master Akebono, was it?"
89,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_062","Well, if it isn't the inspectors! I did not know you would be joining us."
90,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_063","I presume you are come to keep watch for the wolf, but should you see anything you like, know that we have money changers on hand to assist those who wish to spend foreign currency."
91,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_100_063","I must warn you, however, that should we desire the same item, I am not wont to surrender without a fight!"
92,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_065","Greetings and welcome to you, the prosperous and esteemed elite! This <If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),12))><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),4))>evening<Else/>day</If><Else/><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),17))>day<Else/>evening</If></If> you will be given a rare opportunity to view─and purchase, if so inclined─a selection of strange and wondrous items from all across the world!"
93,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_066","Without further ado, I give you our first─a queer, misshapen fiend captured in the mountainous wilds of Yanxia!"
94,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_067","Aye, it is none other than the fabled ratman! An unholy union of man and beast! A demon of legend whose flesh, when consumed, bestows life everlasting!"
95,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_068","Eternal life can be yours, ladies and gentlemen! So─shall we start the bidding at five hundred thousand koban!?"
96,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_069","Six hundred!"
97,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHB03020_000_070","Seven hundred!"
98,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_071","Eight hundred thousand koban!"
99,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_072","Eight hundred thousand koban! Going once...going twice..."
100,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_073","Sold! To Master Akebono! Let us proceed to the next item up for bidding..."
101,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_074","He's not really gonna eat him, is he...?"
102,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_075","The statue you are about to see was brought to Kugane from the West─the land of “Eoruzea,” to be precise. But let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen: “statue” does not even begin to describe this extraordinary work of art..."
103,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_076","I give you <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis>! A masterpiece─nay, a triumph of Western sculpture! Marvel at the intricate details, the features so expertly realized that some have likened it to a living, breathing man, frozen in time..."
104,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_077","Well, would you look at that! That statue's the spitting image of Inspector Hildibrand. Could it have been sculpted by...a fan?"
105,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_078","Hm? Was it a trick of the light, or did that statue just twitch..."
106,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_079","You mean to say...you think it might actually be the inspector, somehow frozen by temporal magicks!? In that case, I've got just the thing to bring him back to the land of the moving!"
107,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_080","Stay your bomb-filled hand, my lady, I beg of you, lest you slaughter these poor people and bring this marketplace to ruin!"
108,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_081","...I suppose you have a point. And it wouldn't be very inspector-like to blow innocents to kingdom come."
109,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_082","How readily she resorts to violence, this woman... I shudder to think what carnage she has left in her wake..."
110,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_083","Oho, I knew it! That's no statue─it's the genuine article, in the flesh! Probably hit his head when he fell from the sky again. Or maybe he's gone into hibernation again or something?"
111,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_084","This bizarre sculpture is in truth a man? Is such a thing even possible?"
112,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_085","Strange...I do not recall it wearing an expression of sheer terror before..."
113,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_086","It was rather more serene, was it not...?"
114,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_087","H-How very perceptive of you! Verily, this is no ordinary statue─it is a...a heretofore unseen hybrid of sculpture and automaton! Marvel at the way its features change, fluidly and effortlessly!"
115,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_088","...Yeees, indeed! So─shall we start the bidding for this one-of-a-kind statue at five hundred thousand koban!?"
116,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHB03020_000_089","Six hundred!"
117,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_090","Seven!"
118,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_091","Eight hundred thousand koban, to be paid in full here and now!"
119,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_092","Once more, Master Akebono will not be denied! Will any challenge his claim to <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis>!?"
120,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_093","We've got to do something, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! If we don't, these people are going to buy the inspector!"
121,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_Q1_000_094","What will you say?"
122,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_095","I bid nine hundred thousand koban!"
123,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_096","Good riddance."
124,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_097","Bwahaha! There is nothing in this world I cannot buy!"
125,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_098","One miiillion koooban!"
126,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_099","<cough> <cough> What is the meaning of this!?"
127,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_100","By the kami! <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis> has vanished!"
128,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SYSTEM_000_101","(-Cheeky Note-)""You have just been robbed by the Kugane Wolf Burglar!“"
129,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_102","That thrice-damned oni! He's struck again!"
130,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_103","<cough> <wheeze> I...I saw him! The fiend with wolfish features! He took the statue and ran towards the Short Pier!"
131,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_104","Do you know what this means!? Inspector Hildibrand has been stolen─err, kidnapped!"
132,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_100_104","We've got to get after that Wolf Burglar! For all we know he might want to eat him like that poor Qiqirn, and we can't have that!"
133,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_108","I still can't believe Inspector Hildibrand was stolen! That's got to be a first!"
134,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_109","Yes, yes. As I said, that is what I saw..."
135,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_120","Oh─you followed me, I presume? Of a mind to pursue the Wolf Burglar as well?"
136,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_121","Of course we are! He's got Inspector Hildibrand, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let some two-gil thief eat him!"
137,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_122","Er...are you perchance referring to <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis>, that hideous statue? I daresay no one in their right mind would try to eat it...but nonsensical fears notwithstanding, I should be honored to work with you to catch the Wolf Burglar."
138,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_123","This man here claims he saw him board a boat with the statue and head towards the Ruby Price."
139,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_124","'Twas a sight I will not soon forget. Never before have I seen a Lupin carrying a twisted mockery of a man on his back. Never again will I, I expect."
140,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_125","Too bold was the fiend this day! In seeking to claim such a conspicuous prize in broad daylight, he has left a trail we can follow!"
141,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_126","Come─let us make haste to the Ruby Price!"
142,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_128","That there tower just keeps on going and going and going..."
143,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_129","So that thing the Lupin stole was a statue? And people were willing to pay hundreds of thousands of koban for it? I say, some people have more money than they have good sense..."
144,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_130","Surely one of the watchmen here will have seen the wolfman and his stolen statue..."
145,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_131","...Alas, I cannot say I have seen such a thing."
146,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_132","Since the withdrawal of Garlean forces from Doma and the Ruby Sea, there has been a significant increase in domestic traffic. Accordingly, we have been instructed to waive through smaller vessels leaving our waters, absent cause."
147,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_133","This Lupin you seek probably received no more than a cursory glance..."
148,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_134","I see. Thank you for taking the time to explain, and pray forgive me the interruption. We shall continue our search elsewhere."
149,"TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_135","The question is, where else should we search? Who else has reason to keep a close watch on these waters...?"
0,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_00,You have no one but yourself or the kami to blame for what comes if you talk to Nashu Mhakaracca.
1,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_01,"Not content to remain idle, Nashu Mhakaracca has been aggressively pursuing any and all leads regarding the Kugane Wolf Burglar. From the various eyewitness accounts, she has managed to create a composite sketch of the infamous thief...though whether or not it will prove useful remains to be seen. In any event, you both decide it may be worthwhile to make renewed inquiries of Kugane's wealthy and powerful."
2,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_02,"The burglar's reputation has only grown since last you spoke with the citizenry, and it is plain that he is growing bolder and bolder by the day. Despite this, the Sekiseigumi still has no leads─and neither do you..."
3,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_03,"While conversing with Nashu you run into Shigure once more─or rather, Shigure runs into a certain cheese-loving Lalafell, who quickly flees before Nashu can take notice. It would seem that he too is still in pursuit of the Wolf Burglar, and informs you of an impending private auction he is bound for that he suspects may be the thief's next target. Nashu quickly insists that you join, and so the three of you head towards Kogane Dori."
4,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_04,"The auction is an intimate affair, attended by a handful of Kugane's most wealthy individuals─Master Akebono among them. He purchases the first item up for bid, which is described by the auctioneer as a legendary “ratman,” but which you and Nashu recognize at once to be an Eorzean Qiqirn. After the hapless beastman is shuffled away, the next item up for bid is brought on stage: *The Eoruzean Gentleman*, which the auctioneer claims to be a triumph of Western sculpture, but which is plainly Inspector Hildibrand, somehow frozen in time. Once more Master Akebono is prepared to take on all comers, but before the sale can be finalized, the auction erupts into chaos when a bomb explodes and fills the area with smoke. When it clears, *The Eoruzean Gentleman* is nowhere to be seen. An all-too-familiar note reveals that the Wolf Burglar has struck again, and Master Akebono urges you to give chase, for he glimpsed the thief running towards the Short Pier."
5,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_05,"Fortunately, the Wolf Burglar's brazen crime has attracted more attention than usual. 'Tis a rare thing indeed, a Lupin carrying a hideous statue on his back, and the captain Shigure questions at the pier will not soon forget the sight. Apparently the thief boarded a boat and set forth for the Ruby Price, and so the chase continues."
6,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_06,"Alas, with the recent liberation of Doma and the withdrawal of Garlean forces, the Ruby Price has seen increased traffic, and the watchmen there have been instructed to give departing vessels only a cursory glance if they are especially small. But surely someone else in the Ruby Sea will have noted the Wolf Burglar's skiff?"
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24,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_00,Question the wealthy and powerful of Kugane.
25,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_01,Speak with Nashu.
26,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_02,Speak with Shigure.
27,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_03,Search for Shigure.
28,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_04,Accompany Shigure to the Ruby Sea.
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48,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_000,"Well, well, well! If it isn't Player, looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed! Have I got news for you!"
49,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_001,"So I've been asking after that Wolf Burglar fellow─the one that left that cheeky note claiming credit, you remember? And it seems he's not quite as sneaky as he thinks he is!"
50,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_002,"Oh, he's robbed plenty of rich merchants blind, I'll grant you that. No doubting it was him either─never fails to leave a calling card, this one. Too proud to leave people wondering for even a moment."
51,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_003,"But folks've laid eyes on him more than a few times! In fact, after talking to all the eyewitnesses, I had enough information to try and sketch a picture of the devil himself!"
52,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_100_003,"Not bad for a self-trained artiste, wouldn't you say?"
53,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_Q1_000_004,What will you say?
54,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_005,Maybe leave the art to the professional artistes.
55,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A2_000_006,"Don't see how this helps us, honestly."
56,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A3_000_007,...
57,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_008,"Hmm... Not hearing a lot of support for the sketch. Right, then. Back to the drawing board─the metaphorical one, that is."
58,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_009,Let's you and me seek out and question the rich and famous─the sort of folks the burglar's been targeting─and see if we can't learn something new.
59,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_010,"I'll head to Kogane Dori, and you can check out the teahouse and the hostelry."
60,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_015,"What's a wealthy merchant in the Far East look like anyway? Hmm...something like Lord Godbert, but more...Hingan, maybe?"
61,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_020,"I say! The Kugane Wolf Burglar? Must you sully my ears with that rapscallion's name as I attempt to take a moment to relax and take in the fresh air? Bah, it's no use─the moment is ruined!"
62,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_021,"I too fell victim to the wolf's villainy, like so many others. Oh, if you had seen the vase before he took it... Gah! If there was any justice in this world, he would be paraded through the streets and boiled alive in Tenkonto!"
63,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_022,"Ah, that infamous thief? I know of him. For a mercy, he has not seen fit to trouble those of lesser means like me and my associates."
64,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_023,"Perhaps you thought me wealthy because I patronize the teahouse? On the contrary, this is my sole indulgence. Were I a stronger man, I would forgo it, but alas...the heart will not be denied."
65,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_024,"Too long it has been since I shared a pipe with an ijin! How fortunate I─ Hm? You've no desire for a smoke, only talk of the Wolf Burglar? I see..."
66,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_025,"I have no personal experience on which to draw, so I doubt I can be of much assistance. What I know is known to all. But if you insist... He is a “lone wolf” without comrades, and despite their best efforts, the Sekiseigumi has no leads."
67,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_026,"Some say this has emboldened the man. Each theft is more brazen than the last. He has even been witnessed practicing his trade in broad daylight, if you can believe it..."
68,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_027,"That is the extent of my knowledge. Now, if you will not favor me with tales of your own, I ask that you leave me to my pipe. It is far less demanding company."
69,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_030,"*Some* people say that cruel and unusual punishments don't deter the criminal element in the slightest. If you ask me, *some* have no appreciation for a public boiling."
70,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_031,"As I told you before, I doubt I need fear a visit from the Wolf Burglar. Despite appearances, my fortune is quite modest."
71,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_032,"He is a “lone wolf,” this burglar, and quite brazen in his recent thefts. I can tell you no more of value, even if you were to accept my invitation to share a pipe."
72,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_040,"Ah, here you are! Dig up any interesting tidbits?"
73,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_041,"So he's getting bolder by the day, is he? Well! If there's anything I've learned from following the inspector around, it's that overconfidence is liable to get you smacked upside the head by your mum and her magic frying pan!"
74,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_042,"That said, we'd have a better chance of catching this wolf if we knew who he was eyeing next..."
75,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_OKKAKE_000_043,(-???-)Gah!
76,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_044,"A thousand pardons, young sir! I did not mean to trample you underfoot. Are you all right?"
77,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_045,"Hey, aren't you the samurai I bumped into the other day? Shiggy-something, was it?"
78,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_046,"Oh! We meet again, my lady! I say, you must think me in the habit of trampling my fellow pedestrians. Let me assure you nothing could be further from the truth. I was simply preoccupied with thoughts of my investigation..."
79,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_047,That's right─you were after the Wolf Burglar too! Got any leads?
80,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_048,"As a matter of fact, I do! I but recently learned of a private auction in which many foreign wares are to be featured."
81,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_049,"While such auctions are not uncommon in Kugane, it has been some time since the wolf last struck, and there are rumors that this auction may include “particularly extraordinary” items..."
82,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_050,"Much as I would love to converse with you at great length, I really must be going. Until we meet again!"
83,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_051,"Wait, Mister Shiggy, sir! Can we come too?"
84,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_052,"To the auction? If you like, but I very much doubt you will be able to afford any of the items to be sold..."
85,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_053,"Oh, don't you worry about that! Player here's got enough money to buy and sell you a thousand times over!"
86,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_054,"Er... Yes, very good! Then by all means, come with me!"
87,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_060,This venue has been reserved for the private auction. The guests should be arriving any moment now...
88,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_061,"I remember you! Master Akebono, was it?"
89,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_062,"Well, if it isn't the inspectors! I did not know you would be joining us."
90,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_063,"I presume you are come to keep watch for the wolf, but should you see anything you like, know that we have money changers on hand to assist those who wish to spend foreign currency."
91,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_100_063,"I must warn you, however, that should we desire the same item, I am not wont to surrender without a fight!"
92,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_065,"Greetings and welcome to you, the prosperous and esteemed elite! This evening you will be given a rare opportunity to view─and purchase, if so inclined─a selection of strange and wondrous items from all across the world!"
93,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_066,"Without further ado, I give you our first─a queer, misshapen fiend captured in the mountainous wilds of Yanxia!"
94,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_067,"Aye, it is none other than the fabled ratman! An unholy union of man and beast! A demon of legend whose flesh, when consumed, bestows life everlasting!"
95,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_068,"Eternal life can be yours, ladies and gentlemen! So─shall we start the bidding at five hundred thousand koban!?"
96,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_069,Six hundred!
97,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHB03020_000_070,Seven hundred!
98,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_071,Eight hundred thousand koban!
99,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_072,Eight hundred thousand koban! Going once...going twice...
100,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_073,Sold! To Master Akebono! Let us proceed to the next item up for bidding...
101,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_074,"He's not really gonna eat him, is he...?"
102,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_075,"The statue you are about to see was brought to Kugane from the West─the land of “Eoruzea,” to be precise. But let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen: “statue” does not even begin to describe this extraordinary work of art..."
103,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_076,"I give you *The Eoruzean Gentleman*! A masterpiece─nay, a triumph of Western sculpture! Marvel at the intricate details, the features so expertly realized that some have likened it to a living, breathing man, frozen in time..."
104,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_077,"Well, would you look at that! That statue's the spitting image of Inspector Hildibrand. Could it have been sculpted by...a fan?"
105,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_078,"Hm? Was it a trick of the light, or did that statue just twitch..."
106,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_079,"You mean to say...you think it might actually be the inspector, somehow frozen by temporal magicks!? In that case, I've got just the thing to bring him back to the land of the moving!"
107,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_080,"Stay your bomb-filled hand, my lady, I beg of you, lest you slaughter these poor people and bring this marketplace to ruin!"
108,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_081,...I suppose you have a point. And it wouldn't be very inspector-like to blow innocents to kingdom come.
109,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_082,"How readily she resorts to violence, this woman... I shudder to think what carnage she has left in her wake..."
110,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_083,"Oho, I knew it! That's no statue─it's the genuine article, in the flesh! Probably hit his head when he fell from the sky again. Or maybe he's gone into hibernation again or something?"
111,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_084,This bizarre sculpture is in truth a man? Is such a thing even possible?
112,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_085,Strange...I do not recall it wearing an expression of sheer terror before...
113,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_086,"It was rather more serene, was it not...?"
114,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_087,"H-How very perceptive of you! Verily, this is no ordinary statue─it is a...a heretofore unseen hybrid of sculpture and automaton! Marvel at the way its features change, fluidly and effortlessly!"
115,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_088,"...Yeees, indeed! So─shall we start the bidding for this one-of-a-kind statue at five hundred thousand koban!?"
116,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHB03020_000_089,Six hundred!
117,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_090,Seven!
118,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_091,"Eight hundred thousand koban, to be paid in full here and now!"
119,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_092,"Once more, Master Akebono will not be denied! Will any challenge his claim to *The Eoruzean Gentleman*!?"
120,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_093,"We've got to do something, Player! If we don't, these people are going to buy the inspector!"
121,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_Q1_000_094,What will you say?
122,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_095,I bid nine hundred thousand koban!
123,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_096,Good riddance.
124,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_097,Bwahaha! There is nothing in this world I cannot buy!
125,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_098,One miiillion koooban!
126,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_099,<cough> <cough> What is the meaning of this!?
127,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_100,By the kami! *The Eoruzean Gentleman* has vanished!
128,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SYSTEM_000_101,"(-Cheeky Note-)""You have just been robbed by the Kugane Wolf Burglar!“"
129,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_102,That thrice-damned oni! He's struck again!
130,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_103,<cough> <wheeze> I...I saw him! The fiend with wolfish features! He took the statue and ran towards the Short Pier!
131,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_104,"Do you know what this means!? Inspector Hildibrand has been stolen─err, kidnapped!"
132,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_100_104,"We've got to get after that Wolf Burglar! For all we know he might want to eat him like that poor Qiqirn, and we can't have that!"
133,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_108,I still can't believe Inspector Hildibrand was stolen! That's got to be a first!
134,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_109,"Yes, yes. As I said, that is what I saw..."
135,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_120,"Oh─you followed me, I presume? Of a mind to pursue the Wolf Burglar as well?"
136,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_121,"Of course we are! He's got Inspector Hildibrand, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let some two-gil thief eat him!"
137,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_122,"Er...are you perchance referring to *The Eoruzean Gentleman*, that hideous statue? I daresay no one in their right mind would try to eat it...but nonsensical fears notwithstanding, I should be honored to work with you to catch the Wolf Burglar."
138,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_123,This man here claims he saw him board a boat with the statue and head towards the Ruby Price.
139,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_124,"'Twas a sight I will not soon forget. Never before have I seen a Lupin carrying a twisted mockery of a man on his back. Never again will I, I expect."
140,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_125,"Too bold was the fiend this day! In seeking to claim such a conspicuous prize in broad daylight, he has left a trail we can follow!"
141,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_126,Come─let us make haste to the Ruby Price!
142,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_128,That there tower just keeps on going and going and going...
143,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_129,"So that thing the Lupin stole was a statue? And people were willing to pay hundreds of thousands of koban for it? I say, some people have more money than they have good sense..."
144,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_130,Surely one of the watchmen here will have seen the wolfman and his stolen statue...
145,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_131,"...Alas, I cannot say I have seen such a thing."
146,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_132,"Since the withdrawal of Garlean forces from Doma and the Ruby Sea, there has been a significant increase in domestic traffic. Accordingly, we have been instructed to waive through smaller vessels leaving our waters, absent cause."
147,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_133,This Lupin you seek probably received no more than a cursory glance...
148,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_134,"I see. Thank you for taking the time to explain, and pray forgive me the interruption. We shall continue our search elsewhere."
149,TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_135,"The question is, where else should we search? Who else has reason to keep a close watch on these waters...?"
1 key 0 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_00 1 You have no one but yourself or the kami to blame for what comes if you talk to Nashu Mhakaracca.
2 # 1 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_01 Not content to remain idle, Nashu Mhakaracca has been aggressively pursuing any and all leads regarding the Kugane Wolf Burglar. From the various eyewitness accounts, she has managed to create a composite sketch of the infamous thief...though whether or not it will prove useful remains to be seen. In any event, you both decide it may be worthwhile to make renewed inquiries of Kugane's wealthy and powerful.
3 int32 str 2 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_02 str The burglar's reputation has only grown since last you spoke with the citizenry, and it is plain that he is growing bolder and bolder by the day. Despite this, the Sekiseigumi still has no leads─and neither do you...
4 0 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_00 3 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_03 You have no one but yourself or the kami to blame for what comes if you talk to Nashu Mhakaracca. While conversing with Nashu you run into Shigure once more─or rather, Shigure runs into a certain cheese-loving Lalafell, who quickly flees before Nashu can take notice. It would seem that he too is still in pursuit of the Wolf Burglar, and informs you of an impending private auction he is bound for that he suspects may be the thief's next target. Nashu quickly insists that you join, and so the three of you head towards Kogane Dori.
5 1 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_01 4 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_04 Not content to remain idle, Nashu Mhakaracca has been aggressively pursuing any and all leads regarding the Kugane Wolf Burglar. From the various eyewitness accounts, she has managed to create a composite sketch of the infamous thief...though whether or not it will prove useful remains to be seen. In any event, you both decide it may be worthwhile to make renewed inquiries of Kugane's wealthy and powerful. The auction is an intimate affair, attended by a handful of Kugane's most wealthy individuals─Master Akebono among them. He purchases the first item up for bid, which is described by the auctioneer as a legendary “ratman,” but which you and Nashu recognize at once to be an Eorzean Qiqirn. After the hapless beastman is shuffled away, the next item up for bid is brought on stage: *The Eoruzean Gentleman*, which the auctioneer claims to be a triumph of Western sculpture, but which is plainly Inspector Hildibrand, somehow frozen in time. Once more Master Akebono is prepared to take on all comers, but before the sale can be finalized, the auction erupts into chaos when a bomb explodes and fills the area with smoke. When it clears, *The Eoruzean Gentleman* is nowhere to be seen. An all-too-familiar note reveals that the Wolf Burglar has struck again, and Master Akebono urges you to give chase, for he glimpsed the thief running towards the Short Pier.
6 2 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_02 5 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_05 The burglar's reputation has only grown since last you spoke with the citizenry, and it is plain that he is growing bolder and bolder by the day. Despite this, the Sekiseigumi still has no leads─and neither do you... Fortunately, the Wolf Burglar's brazen crime has attracted more attention than usual. 'Tis a rare thing indeed, a Lupin carrying a hideous statue on his back, and the captain Shigure questions at the pier will not soon forget the sight. Apparently the thief boarded a boat and set forth for the Ruby Price, and so the chase continues.
7 3 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_03 6 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_06 While conversing with Nashu you run into Shigure once more─or rather, Shigure runs into a certain cheese-loving Lalafell, who quickly flees before Nashu can take notice. It would seem that he too is still in pursuit of the Wolf Burglar, and informs you of an impending private auction he is bound for that he suspects may be the thief's next target. Nashu quickly insists that you join, and so the three of you head towards Kogane Dori. Alas, with the recent liberation of Doma and the withdrawal of Garlean forces, the Ruby Price has seen increased traffic, and the watchmen there have been instructed to give departing vessels only a cursory glance if they are especially small. But surely someone else in the Ruby Sea will have noted the Wolf Burglar's skiff?
8 4 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_04 7 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_07 The auction is an intimate affair, attended by a handful of Kugane's most wealthy individuals─Master Akebono among them. He purchases the first item up for bid, which is described by the auctioneer as a legendary “ratman,” but which you and Nashu recognize at once to be an Eorzean Qiqirn. After the hapless beastman is shuffled away, the next item up for bid is brought on stage: <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis>, which the auctioneer claims to be a triumph of Western sculpture, but which is plainly Inspector Hildibrand, somehow frozen in time. Once more Master Akebono is prepared to take on all comers, but before the sale can be finalized, the auction erupts into chaos when a bomb explodes and fills the area with smoke. When it clears, <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis> is nowhere to be seen. An all-too-familiar note reveals that the Wolf Burglar has struck again, and Master Akebono urges you to give chase, for he glimpsed the thief running towards the Short Pier.
9 5 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_05 8 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_08 Fortunately, the Wolf Burglar's brazen crime has attracted more attention than usual. 'Tis a rare thing indeed, a Lupin carrying a hideous statue on his back, and the captain Shigure questions at the pier will not soon forget the sight. Apparently the thief boarded a boat and set forth for the Ruby Price, and so the chase continues.
10 6 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_06 9 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_09 Alas, with the recent liberation of Doma and the withdrawal of Garlean forces, the Ruby Price has seen increased traffic, and the watchmen there have been instructed to give departing vessels only a cursory glance if they are especially small. But surely someone else in the Ruby Sea will have noted the Wolf Burglar's skiff?
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26 22 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_22 25 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_01 Speak with Nashu.
27 23 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SEQ_23 26 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_02 Speak with Shigure.
28 24 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_00 27 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_03 Question the wealthy and powerful of Kugane. Search for Shigure.
29 25 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_01 28 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_04 Speak with Nashu. Accompany Shigure to the Ruby Sea.
30 26 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_02 29 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_05 Speak with Shigure.
31 27 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_03 30 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_06 Search for Shigure.
32 28 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_04 31 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_07 Accompany Shigure to the Ruby Sea.
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49 45 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_21 48 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_000 Well, well, well! If it isn't Player, looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed! Have I got news for you!
50 46 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_22 49 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_001 So I've been asking after that Wolf Burglar fellow─the one that left that cheeky note claiming credit, you remember? And it seems he's not quite as sneaky as he thinks he is!
51 47 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TODO_23 50 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_002 Oh, he's robbed plenty of rich merchants blind, I'll grant you that. No doubting it was him either─never fails to leave a calling card, this one. Too proud to leave people wondering for even a moment.
52 48 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_000 51 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_003 Well, well, well! If it isn't <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>, looking bright-eyed and bushy-tailed! Have I got news for you! But folks've laid eyes on him more than a few times! In fact, after talking to all the eyewitnesses, I had enough information to try and sketch a picture of the devil himself!
53 49 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_001 52 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_100_003 So I've been asking after that Wolf Burglar fellow─the one that left that cheeky note claiming credit, you remember? And it seems he's not quite as sneaky as he thinks he is! Not bad for a self-trained artiste, wouldn't you say?
54 50 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_002 53 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_Q1_000_004 Oh, he's robbed plenty of rich merchants blind, I'll grant you that. No doubting it was him either─never fails to leave a calling card, this one. Too proud to leave people wondering for even a moment. What will you say?
55 51 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_003 54 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_005 But folks've laid eyes on him more than a few times! In fact, after talking to all the eyewitnesses, I had enough information to try and sketch a picture of the devil himself! Maybe leave the art to the professional artistes.
56 52 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_100_003 55 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A2_000_006 Not bad for a self-trained artiste, wouldn't you say? Don't see how this helps us, honestly.
57 53 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_Q1_000_004 56 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A3_000_007 What will you say? ...
58 54 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_005 57 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_008 Maybe leave the art to the professional artistes. Hmm... Not hearing a lot of support for the sketch. Right, then. Back to the drawing board─the metaphorical one, that is.
59 55 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A2_000_006 58 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_009 Don't see how this helps us, honestly. Let's you and me seek out and question the rich and famous─the sort of folks the burglar's been targeting─and see if we can't learn something new.
60 56 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A3_000_007 59 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_010 ... I'll head to Kogane Dori, and you can check out the teahouse and the hostelry.
61 57 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_008 60 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_015 Hmm... Not hearing a lot of support for the sketch. Right, then. Back to the drawing board─the metaphorical one, that is. What's a wealthy merchant in the Far East look like anyway? Hmm...something like Lord Godbert, but more...Hingan, maybe?
62 58 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_009 61 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_020 Let's you and me seek out and question the rich and famous─the sort of folks the burglar's been targeting─and see if we can't learn something new. I say! The Kugane Wolf Burglar? Must you sully my ears with that rapscallion's name as I attempt to take a moment to relax and take in the fresh air? Bah, it's no use─the moment is ruined!
63 59 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_010 62 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_021 I'll head to Kogane Dori, and you can check out the teahouse and the hostelry. I too fell victim to the wolf's villainy, like so many others. Oh, if you had seen the vase before he took it... Gah! If there was any justice in this world, he would be paraded through the streets and boiled alive in Tenkonto!
64 60 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_015 63 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_022 What's a wealthy merchant in the Far East look like anyway? Hmm...something like Lord Godbert, but more...Hingan, maybe? Ah, that infamous thief? I know of him. For a mercy, he has not seen fit to trouble those of lesser means like me and my associates.
65 61 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_020 64 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_023 I say! The Kugane Wolf Burglar? Must you sully my ears with that rapscallion's name as I attempt to take a moment to relax and take in the fresh air? Bah, it's no use─the moment is ruined! Perhaps you thought me wealthy because I patronize the teahouse? On the contrary, this is my sole indulgence. Were I a stronger man, I would forgo it, but alas...the heart will not be denied.
66 62 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_021 65 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_024 I too fell victim to the wolf's villainy, like so many others. Oh, if you had seen the vase before he took it... Gah! If there was any justice in this world, he would be paraded through the streets and boiled alive in Tenkonto! Too long it has been since I shared a pipe with an ijin! How fortunate I─ Hm? You've no desire for a smoke, only talk of the Wolf Burglar? I see...
67 63 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_022 66 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_025 Ah, that infamous thief? I know of him. For a mercy, he has not seen fit to trouble those of lesser means like me and my associates. I have no personal experience on which to draw, so I doubt I can be of much assistance. What I know is known to all. But if you insist... He is a “lone wolf” without comrades, and despite their best efforts, the Sekiseigumi has no leads.
68 64 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_023 67 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_026 Perhaps you thought me wealthy because I patronize the teahouse? On the contrary, this is my sole indulgence. Were I a stronger man, I would forgo it, but alas...the heart will not be denied. Some say this has emboldened the man. Each theft is more brazen than the last. He has even been witnessed practicing his trade in broad daylight, if you can believe it...
69 65 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_024 68 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_027 Too long it has been since I shared a pipe with an ijin! How fortunate I─ Hm? You've no desire for a smoke, only talk of the Wolf Burglar? I see... That is the extent of my knowledge. Now, if you will not favor me with tales of your own, I ask that you leave me to my pipe. It is far less demanding company.
70 66 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_025 69 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_030 I have no personal experience on which to draw, so I doubt I can be of much assistance. What I know is known to all. But if you insist... He is a “lone wolf” without comrades, and despite their best efforts, the Sekiseigumi has no leads. *Some* people say that cruel and unusual punishments don't deter the criminal element in the slightest. If you ask me, *some* have no appreciation for a public boiling.
71 67 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_026 70 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_031 Some say this has emboldened the man. Each theft is more brazen than the last. He has even been witnessed practicing his trade in broad daylight, if you can believe it... As I told you before, I doubt I need fear a visit from the Wolf Burglar. Despite appearances, my fortune is quite modest.
72 68 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_027 71 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_032 That is the extent of my knowledge. Now, if you will not favor me with tales of your own, I ask that you leave me to my pipe. It is far less demanding company. He is a “lone wolf,” this burglar, and quite brazen in his recent thefts. I can tell you no more of value, even if you were to accept my invitation to share a pipe.
73 69 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_CITIZEN03020_000_030 72 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_040 <Emphasis>Some</Emphasis> people say that cruel and unusual punishments don't deter the criminal element in the slightest. If you ask me, <Emphasis>some</Emphasis> have no appreciation for a public boiling. Ah, here you are! Dig up any interesting tidbits?
74 70 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_BYAKUDAN_000_031 73 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_041 As I told you before, I doubt I need fear a visit from the Wolf Burglar. Despite appearances, my fortune is quite modest. So he's getting bolder by the day, is he? Well! If there's anything I've learned from following the inspector around, it's that overconfidence is liable to get you smacked upside the head by your mum and her magic frying pan!
75 71 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_URAKI_000_032 74 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_042 He is a “lone wolf,” this burglar, and quite brazen in his recent thefts. I can tell you no more of value, even if you were to accept my invitation to share a pipe. That said, we'd have a better chance of catching this wolf if we knew who he was eyeing next...
76 72 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_040 75 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_OKKAKE_000_043 Ah, here you are! Dig up any interesting tidbits? (-???-)Gah!
77 73 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_041 76 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_044 So he's getting bolder by the day, is he? Well! If there's anything I've learned from following the inspector around, it's that overconfidence is liable to get you smacked upside the head by your mum and her magic frying pan! A thousand pardons, young sir! I did not mean to trample you underfoot. Are you all right?
78 74 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_042 77 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_045 That said, we'd have a better chance of catching this wolf if we knew who he was eyeing next... Hey, aren't you the samurai I bumped into the other day? Shiggy-something, was it?
79 75 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_OKKAKE_000_043 78 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_046 (-???-)Gah! Oh! We meet again, my lady! I say, you must think me in the habit of trampling my fellow pedestrians. Let me assure you nothing could be further from the truth. I was simply preoccupied with thoughts of my investigation...
80 76 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_044 79 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_047 A thousand pardons, young sir! I did not mean to trample you underfoot. Are you all right? That's right─you were after the Wolf Burglar too! Got any leads?
81 77 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_045 80 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_048 Hey, aren't you the samurai I bumped into the other day? Shiggy-something, was it? As a matter of fact, I do! I but recently learned of a private auction in which many foreign wares are to be featured.
82 78 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_046 81 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_049 Oh! We meet again, my lady! I say, you must think me in the habit of trampling my fellow pedestrians. Let me assure you nothing could be further from the truth. I was simply preoccupied with thoughts of my investigation... While such auctions are not uncommon in Kugane, it has been some time since the wolf last struck, and there are rumors that this auction may include “particularly extraordinary” items...
83 79 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_047 82 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_050 That's right─you were after the Wolf Burglar too! Got any leads? Much as I would love to converse with you at great length, I really must be going. Until we meet again!
84 80 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_048 83 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_051 As a matter of fact, I do! I but recently learned of a private auction in which many foreign wares are to be featured. Wait, Mister Shiggy, sir! Can we come too?
85 81 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_049 84 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_052 While such auctions are not uncommon in Kugane, it has been some time since the wolf last struck, and there are rumors that this auction may include “particularly extraordinary” items... To the auction? If you like, but I very much doubt you will be able to afford any of the items to be sold...
86 82 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_050 85 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_053 Much as I would love to converse with you at great length, I really must be going. Until we meet again! Oh, don't you worry about that! Player here's got enough money to buy and sell you a thousand times over!
87 83 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_051 86 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_054 Wait, Mister Shiggy, sir! Can we come too? Er... Yes, very good! Then by all means, come with me!
88 84 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_052 87 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_060 To the auction? If you like, but I very much doubt you will be able to afford any of the items to be sold... This venue has been reserved for the private auction. The guests should be arriving any moment now...
89 85 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_053 88 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_061 Oh, don't you worry about that! <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/> here's got enough money to buy and sell you a thousand times over! I remember you! Master Akebono, was it?
90 86 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_054 89 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_062 Er... Yes, very good! Then by all means, come with me! Well, if it isn't the inspectors! I did not know you would be joining us.
91 87 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_060 90 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_063 This venue has been reserved for the private auction. The guests should be arriving any moment now... I presume you are come to keep watch for the wolf, but should you see anything you like, know that we have money changers on hand to assist those who wish to spend foreign currency.
92 88 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_061 91 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_100_063 I remember you! Master Akebono, was it? I must warn you, however, that should we desire the same item, I am not wont to surrender without a fight!
93 89 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_062 92 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_065 Well, if it isn't the inspectors! I did not know you would be joining us. Greetings and welcome to you, the prosperous and esteemed elite! This evening you will be given a rare opportunity to view─and purchase, if so inclined─a selection of strange and wondrous items from all across the world!
94 90 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_063 93 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_066 I presume you are come to keep watch for the wolf, but should you see anything you like, know that we have money changers on hand to assist those who wish to spend foreign currency. Without further ado, I give you our first─a queer, misshapen fiend captured in the mountainous wilds of Yanxia!
95 91 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_100_063 94 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_067 I must warn you, however, that should we desire the same item, I am not wont to surrender without a fight! Aye, it is none other than the fabled ratman! An unholy union of man and beast! A demon of legend whose flesh, when consumed, bestows life everlasting!
96 92 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_065 95 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_068 Greetings and welcome to you, the prosperous and esteemed elite! This <If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),12))><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),4))>evening<Else/>day</If><Else/><If(LessThan(PlayerParameter(11),17))>day<Else/>evening</If></If> you will be given a rare opportunity to view─and purchase, if so inclined─a selection of strange and wondrous items from all across the world! Eternal life can be yours, ladies and gentlemen! So─shall we start the bidding at five hundred thousand koban!?
97 93 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_066 96 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_069 Without further ado, I give you our first─a queer, misshapen fiend captured in the mountainous wilds of Yanxia! Six hundred!
98 94 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_067 97 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHB03020_000_070 Aye, it is none other than the fabled ratman! An unholy union of man and beast! A demon of legend whose flesh, when consumed, bestows life everlasting! Seven hundred!
99 95 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_068 98 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_071 Eternal life can be yours, ladies and gentlemen! So─shall we start the bidding at five hundred thousand koban!? Eight hundred thousand koban!
100 96 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_069 99 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_072 Six hundred! Eight hundred thousand koban! Going once...going twice...
101 97 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHB03020_000_070 100 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_073 Seven hundred! Sold! To Master Akebono! Let us proceed to the next item up for bidding...
102 98 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_071 101 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_074 Eight hundred thousand koban! He's not really gonna eat him, is he...?
103 99 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_072 102 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_075 Eight hundred thousand koban! Going once...going twice... The statue you are about to see was brought to Kugane from the West─the land of “Eoruzea,” to be precise. But let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen: “statue” does not even begin to describe this extraordinary work of art...
104 100 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_073 103 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_076 Sold! To Master Akebono! Let us proceed to the next item up for bidding... I give you *The Eoruzean Gentleman*! A masterpiece─nay, a triumph of Western sculpture! Marvel at the intricate details, the features so expertly realized that some have likened it to a living, breathing man, frozen in time...
105 101 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_074 104 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_077 He's not really gonna eat him, is he...? Well, would you look at that! That statue's the spitting image of Inspector Hildibrand. Could it have been sculpted by...a fan?
106 102 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_075 105 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_078 The statue you are about to see was brought to Kugane from the West─the land of “Eoruzea,” to be precise. But let me tell you, ladies and gentlemen: “statue” does not even begin to describe this extraordinary work of art... Hm? Was it a trick of the light, or did that statue just twitch...
107 103 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_076 106 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_079 I give you <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis>! A masterpiece─nay, a triumph of Western sculpture! Marvel at the intricate details, the features so expertly realized that some have likened it to a living, breathing man, frozen in time... You mean to say...you think it might actually be the inspector, somehow frozen by temporal magicks!? In that case, I've got just the thing to bring him back to the land of the moving!
108 104 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_077 107 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_080 Well, would you look at that! That statue's the spitting image of Inspector Hildibrand. Could it have been sculpted by...a fan? Stay your bomb-filled hand, my lady, I beg of you, lest you slaughter these poor people and bring this marketplace to ruin!
109 105 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_078 108 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_081 Hm? Was it a trick of the light, or did that statue just twitch... ...I suppose you have a point. And it wouldn't be very inspector-like to blow innocents to kingdom come.
110 106 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_079 109 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_082 You mean to say...you think it might actually be the inspector, somehow frozen by temporal magicks!? In that case, I've got just the thing to bring him back to the land of the moving! How readily she resorts to violence, this woman... I shudder to think what carnage she has left in her wake...
111 107 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_080 110 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_083 Stay your bomb-filled hand, my lady, I beg of you, lest you slaughter these poor people and bring this marketplace to ruin! Oho, I knew it! That's no statue─it's the genuine article, in the flesh! Probably hit his head when he fell from the sky again. Or maybe he's gone into hibernation again or something?
112 108 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_081 111 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_084 ...I suppose you have a point. And it wouldn't be very inspector-like to blow innocents to kingdom come. This bizarre sculpture is in truth a man? Is such a thing even possible?
113 109 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_082 112 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_085 How readily she resorts to violence, this woman... I shudder to think what carnage she has left in her wake... Strange...I do not recall it wearing an expression of sheer terror before...
114 110 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_083 113 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_086 Oho, I knew it! That's no statue─it's the genuine article, in the flesh! Probably hit his head when he fell from the sky again. Or maybe he's gone into hibernation again or something? It was rather more serene, was it not...?
115 111 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_084 114 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_087 This bizarre sculpture is in truth a man? Is such a thing even possible? H-How very perceptive of you! Verily, this is no ordinary statue─it is a...a heretofore unseen hybrid of sculpture and automaton! Marvel at the way its features change, fluidly and effortlessly!
116 112 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_085 115 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_088 Strange...I do not recall it wearing an expression of sheer terror before... ...Yeees, indeed! So─shall we start the bidding for this one-of-a-kind statue at five hundred thousand koban!?
117 113 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_086 116 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHB03020_000_089 It was rather more serene, was it not...? Six hundred!
118 114 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_087 117 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_090 H-How very perceptive of you! Verily, this is no ordinary statue─it is a...a heretofore unseen hybrid of sculpture and automaton! Marvel at the way its features change, fluidly and effortlessly! Seven!
119 115 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_088 118 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_091 ...Yeees, indeed! So─shall we start the bidding for this one-of-a-kind statue at five hundred thousand koban!? Eight hundred thousand koban, to be paid in full here and now!
120 116 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHB03020_000_089 119 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_092 Six hundred! Once more, Master Akebono will not be denied! Will any challenge his claim to *The Eoruzean Gentleman*!?
121 117 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_RICHA03020_000_090 120 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_093 Seven! We've got to do something, Player! If we don't, these people are going to buy the inspector!
122 118 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_091 121 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_Q1_000_094 Eight hundred thousand koban, to be paid in full here and now! What will you say?
123 119 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_092 122 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_095 Once more, Master Akebono will not be denied! Will any challenge his claim to <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis>!? I bid nine hundred thousand koban!
124 120 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_093 123 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_096 We've got to do something, <Split(<Highlight>ObjectParameter(1)</Highlight>, ,1)/>! If we don't, these people are going to buy the inspector! Good riddance.
125 121 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_Q1_000_094 124 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_097 What will you say? Bwahaha! There is nothing in this world I cannot buy!
126 122 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_095 125 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_098 I bid nine hundred thousand koban! One miiillion koooban!
127 123 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_A1_000_096 126 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_099 Good riddance. <cough> <cough> What is the meaning of this!?
128 124 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_097 127 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_100 Bwahaha! There is nothing in this world I cannot buy! By the kami! *The Eoruzean Gentleman* has vanished!
129 125 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_098 128 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SYSTEM_000_101 One miiillion koooban! (-Cheeky Note-)"You have just been robbed by the Kugane Wolf Burglar!“
130 126 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_099 129 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_102 <cough> <cough> What is the meaning of this!? That thrice-damned oni! He's struck again!
131 127 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_TRADER03020_000_100 130 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_103 By the kami! <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis> has vanished! <cough> <wheeze> I...I saw him! The fiend with wolfish features! He took the statue and ran towards the Short Pier!
132 128 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SYSTEM_000_101 131 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_104 (-Cheeky Note-)"You have just been robbed by the Kugane Wolf Burglar!“ Do you know what this means!? Inspector Hildibrand has been stolen─err, kidnapped!
133 129 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_102 132 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_100_104 That thrice-damned oni! He's struck again! We've got to get after that Wolf Burglar! For all we know he might want to eat him like that poor Qiqirn, and we can't have that!
134 130 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_AKEBONO_000_103 133 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_108 <cough> <wheeze> I...I saw him! The fiend with wolfish features! He took the statue and ran towards the Short Pier! I still can't believe Inspector Hildibrand was stolen! That's got to be a first!
135 131 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_104 134 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_109 Do you know what this means!? Inspector Hildibrand has been stolen─err, kidnapped! Yes, yes. As I said, that is what I saw...
136 132 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_100_104 135 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_120 We've got to get after that Wolf Burglar! For all we know he might want to eat him like that poor Qiqirn, and we can't have that! Oh─you followed me, I presume? Of a mind to pursue the Wolf Burglar as well?
137 133 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_108 136 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_121 I still can't believe Inspector Hildibrand was stolen! That's got to be a first! Of course we are! He's got Inspector Hildibrand, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let some two-gil thief eat him!
138 134 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_109 137 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_122 Yes, yes. As I said, that is what I saw... Er...are you perchance referring to *The Eoruzean Gentleman*, that hideous statue? I daresay no one in their right mind would try to eat it...but nonsensical fears notwithstanding, I should be honored to work with you to catch the Wolf Burglar.
139 135 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_120 138 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_123 Oh─you followed me, I presume? Of a mind to pursue the Wolf Burglar as well? This man here claims he saw him board a boat with the statue and head towards the Ruby Price.
140 136 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_121 139 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_124 Of course we are! He's got Inspector Hildibrand, and I'll be damned if I'm going to let some two-gil thief eat him! 'Twas a sight I will not soon forget. Never before have I seen a Lupin carrying a twisted mockery of a man on his back. Never again will I, I expect.
141 137 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_122 140 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_125 Er...are you perchance referring to <Emphasis>The Eoruzean Gentleman</Emphasis>, that hideous statue? I daresay no one in their right mind would try to eat it...but nonsensical fears notwithstanding, I should be honored to work with you to catch the Wolf Burglar. Too bold was the fiend this day! In seeking to claim such a conspicuous prize in broad daylight, he has left a trail we can follow!
142 138 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_123 141 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_126 This man here claims he saw him board a boat with the statue and head towards the Ruby Price. Come─let us make haste to the Ruby Price!
143 139 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_124 142 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_128 'Twas a sight I will not soon forget. Never before have I seen a Lupin carrying a twisted mockery of a man on his back. Never again will I, I expect. That there tower just keeps on going and going and going...
144 140 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_125 143 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_129 Too bold was the fiend this day! In seeking to claim such a conspicuous prize in broad daylight, he has left a trail we can follow! So that thing the Lupin stole was a statue? And people were willing to pay hundreds of thousands of koban for it? I say, some people have more money than they have good sense...
145 141 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_126 144 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_130 Come─let us make haste to the Ruby Price! Surely one of the watchmen here will have seen the wolfman and his stolen statue...
146 142 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_NASHUMHAKARACCA_000_128 145 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_131 That there tower just keeps on going and going and going... ...Alas, I cannot say I have seen such a thing.
147 143 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_KUGANEFERRYMAN_000_129 146 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_132 So that thing the Lupin stole was a statue? And people were willing to pay hundreds of thousands of koban for it? I say, some people have more money than they have good sense... Since the withdrawal of Garlean forces from Doma and the Ruby Sea, there has been a significant increase in domestic traffic. Accordingly, we have been instructed to waive through smaller vessels leaving our waters, absent cause.
148 144 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_130 147 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_133 Surely one of the watchmen here will have seen the wolfman and his stolen statue... This Lupin you seek probably received no more than a cursory glance...
149 145 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_131 148 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_134 ...Alas, I cannot say I have seen such a thing. I see. Thank you for taking the time to explain, and pray forgive me the interruption. We shall continue our search elsewhere.
150 146 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_132 149 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_135 Since the withdrawal of Garlean forces from Doma and the Ruby Sea, there has been a significant increase in domestic traffic. Accordingly, we have been instructed to waive through smaller vessels leaving our waters, absent cause. The question is, where else should we search? Who else has reason to keep a close watch on these waters...?
147 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_HAYAMA_000_133 This Lupin you seek probably received no more than a cursory glance...
148 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_134 I see. Thank you for taking the time to explain, and pray forgive me the interruption. We shall continue our search elsewhere.
149 TEXT_CHRHDB721_03020_SHIGURE_000_135 The question is, where else should we search? Who else has reason to keep a close watch on these waters...?